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wallace123456
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: Good deal on blue ray? u decide. |
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Hey, Not sure if this qualifies as a good deal or not, but Circuit City is running the sony blue ray BDPS300 for $300.00.
My 1st choice is to buy at a local store rather than over the internet. If sometimes wrong, I can take it back same day and get another. And, I always get 30 days return policy.
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Moose
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Best Buy is also selling this same player for $299, plus 5 free Blu-Ray discs (I assume the 5 free discs come with the Circuit City deal also). Yeah, I'd sure like to know - is this a good player? Any playability problems? This is mighty close to my price.
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kal
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Good player. Likely won't be upgradable to do some of the advanced audio formats in the future however... also slow to load like all other HD-DVD and BD players.
The S300 was the one I was waiting for but ended up buying a PS3 to get around the shortcomings. Only $99 more. A good deal and best solution even if you don't play games.
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WanMan
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Costco is selling the Samsung BD-P1400 for $279 this morning, which is about on par with Amazon (which also gets you free shipping and no tax). I may be going this route if I cannot get the LG combo drive to work.
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overclkr
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| kal wrote: | Good player. Likely won't be upgradable to do some of the advanced audio formats in the future however... also slow to load like all other HD-DVD and BD players.
The S300 was the one I was waiting for but ended up buying a PS3 to get around the shortcomings. Only $99 more. A good deal and best solution even if you don't play games.
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I agree 100%. The PS3 is the best.......
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overclkr
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| Posted: Sun Dec 16, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: Re: Good deal on blue ray? u decide. |
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| wallace123456 wrote: | Hey, Not sure if this qualifies as a good deal or not, but Circuit City is running the sony blue ray BDPS300 for $300.00.
My 1st choice is to buy at a local store rather than over the internet. If sometimes wrong, I can take it back same day and get another. And, I always get 30 days return policy.
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So hows it going big dog???? Long time no talk!
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oliverg
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+1 on the PS3 - I have a BDP-S1 and I still use the PS3 more. Its much faster.
The only minor downside is the IR dongle.. but its a very small issue.
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WanMan
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There is a $120-130 price difference between the standalone Blu-ray player option and the cheapest PS3. Even more if you buy the $20-25 Sony Bluetooth or 3rd party IR remote. While I have the 60GB PS3, I am researved at suggesting the 40GB PS3 over a standalone player.
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wallace123456
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HHmmm. Well, what are some of the differences "pros 'n cons" between stand alone blue ray and ps3?
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wallace123456
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| Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: Good deal on blue ray? u decide. |
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| overclkr wrote: | So hows it going big dog???? Long time no talk!
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Hey, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays big dog! I see you guys been getting a little snow? From what I'm seeing, it's a mess!
Hanging in here.
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Moose
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Sam's Club has the Sony BDP-S301 - not the BDPS300 - for $277 plus change. I bought one. Hope it's decent, otherwise I'll return it.
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overclkr
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| Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: Re: Good deal on blue ray? u decide. |
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| wallace123456 wrote: | | overclkr wrote: | So hows it going big dog???? Long time no talk!
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Hey, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays big dog! I see you guys been getting a little snow? From what I'm seeing, it's a mess!
Hanging in here.
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Happy Holidays to you as well my friend. Looking foward to the day we hang out again!
We got a little splash here (about 10 inches) of snow so yeah, it's been a bit of a pain but thankfully, it happened over the weekend so no traffic issues for me. 
We definitely need to get together again soon.
Cliffy
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